splendid

splendid
    adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
           morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a
           kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn:
           {glorious}, {resplendent}, {splendid}, {splendiferous}]
    2: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech";
       "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
       [syn: {excellent}, {first-class}, {fantabulous}, {splendid}]
    3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
       Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
       cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
       {brilliant}, {glorious}, {magnificent}, {splendid}]
    

Splendid \Splen"did\, a. [L. splendidus, fr. splendere shine;
   cf. Lith. splend["e]ti: cf. F. splendide.]
   1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright;
      as, a splendid sun.
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   2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid
      palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
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   3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a
      splendid victory or reputation.
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181 Moby Thesaurus words for "splendid":
      Babylonian, Corinthian, admirable, advantageous, auspicious,
      awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, baroque, beaming,
      bedazzling, beneficial, benevolent, blinding, blooming, bon, bonny,
      boss, braw, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, bueno, capital,
      celebrated, charismatic, cogent, colossal, commendable,
      conspicuous, cool, creditable, dandy, dashing, dazzling, deluxe,
      devastating, distinguished, divine, effulgent, elaborate, elegant,
      eminent, estimable, excellent, exceptional, exemplary, expedient,
      exquisite, extraordinary, extravagant, fab, fabulous, fair, famous,
      fancy, fantastic, favorable, fine, first-class, flamboyant,
      flaming, fulgent, fulgid, garish, gilt-edged, glamorous, glaring,
      glary, glorious, glowing, golden, good, goodly, gorgeous, grand,
      grandiose, great, healthy, heavenly, helpful, illustrious, immense,
      imposing, impressive, incomparable, incredible, keen, killing,
      kind, laudable, lavish, lovely, lush, lustrous, luxurious, magic,
      magnificent, majestic, major, marvelous, matchless, meritorious,
      neat, nice, noble, nonpareil, notable, noteworthy, numinous,
      ornate, out of sight, outstanding, palatial, peerless, pleasant,
      plush, posh, praiseworthy, princely, profitable, prominent, proud,
      radiant, raving, ravishing, refulgent, regal, remarkable,
      resplendent, rich, ritzy, royal, sensational, shining, showy,
      skillful, smashing, solid, sound, sparkling, spectacular,
      splendacious, splendent, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous,
      stately, sterling, striking, stunning, stupendous, sublime,
      successful, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent,
      superfancy, superfine, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing,
      swank, swanky, swell, terrific, transcendent, tremendous,
      unbelievable, unparalleled, unsurpassed, useful, valid, very good,
      virtuous, vivid, wonderful